Bank of Greece

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Greece’s four systemic banks—Alpha Bank, National Bank of Greece, Eurobank, and Piraeus—have introduced a €700 million guarantee programme to support mid-cap businesses. This initiative aims to facilitate €1.4 billion in new financing … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has inked guarantee agreements with Greece’s top four banks, including Alpha Bank, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece, and Piraeus Bank, aiming to unlock up to €4.5 billion in financing for Greek small and … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has pledged a substantial €143 million loan to boost the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), fortifying research and development (R&D) initiatives across Greece’s public higher education institutions and research centers. This … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) RWE and PPC, in collaboration through their joint venture company Meton Energy S.A., are accelerating Greece’s energy transition by investing in solar projects with a collective capacity of nearly 1 gigawatt. The final investment decision has been made … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) HELLENiQ ENERGY’s subsidiary, HELLENiQ Renewables, has signed a financing framework agreement of up to €766 million with National Bank of Greece S.A. and Eurobank S.A. The agreement aims to implement multiple financing arrangements for electricity generation from Renewable … Read the full press release →

(IN KÜRZE) Die Europäische Investitionsbank (EIB) und die HSBC Bank haben eine neue Handelsfinanzierungspartnerschaft im Wert von 200 Millionen Euro in Athen angekündigt. Die Initiative wird Handels- und Exportfinanzierungsdienstleistungen unterstützen, die von teilnehmenden griechischen Banken für lokale Unternehmen bereitgestellt werden, … Read the full press release →

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and HSBC Bank have announced a new EUR 200 million trade finance partnership in Athens. The initiative will support trade and export finance services provided by participating Greek banks to local companies, addressing … Read the full press release →

BRUSSELS, 16-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — From very small businesses and start-ups to mid sized enterprises, more than 5,000 companies will benefit from loans amounting to EUR 640 million. The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the National Bank of Greece (NBG)have … Read the full press release →

LUXEMBOURG, 18-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBG) have signed the first COSME guarantee agreement in Greece, benefiting from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart … Read the full press release →

Facility will help National Bank of Greece scale up trade finance LONDON, 04-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the expansion of international trade with a facility to National Bank of Greece under the … Read the full press release →

ATHENS, 4-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In the context of its systematic effort to monitor and analyse developments and prospects in the Greek real estate market, the Bank of Greece publishes today, for the first time, its commercial property price and … Read the full press release →

ATHENS, 17-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In January-June 2014, the central government cash balance recorded a deficit of €1,918 million, compared to a deficit of €8,720 million in the same period in 2013. During this period, ordinary budget revenue amounted to €21,912 million, … Read the full press release →

Brussels, Belgium,  24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Vienna 2 Initiative Full Forum met in Brussels on 21-22 October. It assessed recent trends in deleveraging, credit provision, and non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sectors of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE). … Read the full press release →

29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The annual growth rate of total credit extended to the domestic private sector stood at -4.1% in June 2013, from -3.7% in the previous month. The net flow of total credit to the domestic private sector was … Read the full press release →

29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Probank, a small bank with a market share in the range of 1 per cent in terms of assets, has informed the Bank of Greece that it has not managed to raise the funds required for its … Read the full press release →

Athens,  1-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At the Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of Alpha Bank, which took place on Saturday, June 29, 2013, spoke the Chairman of the Board of Directors Yannis S. Costopoulos and the Managing Director – CEO … Read the full press release →

Athens / Luxembourg, 12-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) provides up to EUR 500 million for trade finance to support foreign trade oriented small and medium sized companies (SMEs) in Greece. The EIB, as a long-term lender, has adapted to … Read the full press release →

Brussels, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has concluded that liquidation aid granted by Greece in favour of Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATE Bank) was in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the Commission found that the aid was … Read the full press release →

State aid: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into possible Greek state aid to Larco General Mining and Metallurgical Company S.A. Brussels, 7-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether State support measures granted by Greece to … Read the full press release →

Athens, 28-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In accordance with Article 32, para. 1, of Law 2190/1920 and Article 4.1.3.3 of the Athens Exchange Rulebook, it is hereby announced that the 80th Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Bank of Greece, held on … Read the full press release →